Putative golden proportions as predictors of facial esthetics in adolescents

Introduction: In orthodontics, facial esthetics is assumed to be related to golden proportions apparent in the ideal human face. The aim of the study was to analyze the putative relationship between facial esthetics and golden proportions in white adolescents. Methods: Seventy-six adult laypeople ev...

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Published in:American journal of orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics 2008-10, Vol.134 (4), p.480-483
Main Authors: Kiekens, Rosemie M.A, Kuijpers-Jagtman, Anne Marie, van 't Hof, Martin A, van 't Hof, Bep E, Maltha, Jaap C
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Beauty
Biological and medical sciences
Cephalometry
Child
Dentistry
European Continental Ancestry Group
Face - anatomy & histology
Facial bones, jaws, teeth, parodontium: diseases, semeiology
Humans
Malocclusion - pathology
Maxillofacial Development
Medical sciences
Otorhinolaryngology. Stomatology
Photography, Dental
Prognosis
Reference Standards
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Summary:Introduction: In orthodontics, facial esthetics is assumed to be related to golden proportions apparent in the ideal human face. The aim of the study was to analyze the putative relationship between facial esthetics and golden proportions in white adolescents. Methods: Seventy-six adult laypeople evaluated sets of photographs of 64 adolescents on a visual analog scale (VAS) from 0 to 100. The facial esthetic value of each subject was calculated as a mean VAS score. Three observers recorded the position of 13 facial landmarks included in 19 putative golden proportions, based on the golden proportions as defined by Ricketts. The proportions and each proportion's deviation from the golden target (1.618) were calculated. This deviation was then related to the VAS scores. Results: Only 4 of the 19 proportions had a significant negative correlation with the VAS scores, indicating that beautiful faces showed less deviation from the golden standard than less beautiful faces. Together, these variables explained only 16% of the variance. Conclusions: Few golden proportions have a significant relationship with facial esthetics in adolescents. The explained variance of these variables is too small to be of clinical importance.
ISSN:0889-5406
1097-6752
DOI:10.1016/j.ajodo.2006.10.041